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California Lawyers for the Arts
FILMMAKERS LEGAL & BUSINESS WORKSHOP:
CROWD FUNDING FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS
Ken Edwards Center
1527 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA, 90404
June 9, 2012 10-11:30AM
Crowd funding is using the Internet to enable filmmakers to raise money from the public to finance a film through donations. The public can donate as little as a few dollars to as much as a few thousand dollars. Filmmakers build an effective crowd funding campaign to reach out to a crowd of people for donations. Filmmakers use platforms like Kickstarter.com or Indiegogo.com to solicit donations from the public in exchange for rewards (i.e. memorabilia, DVDs, dinners, etc.). In this workshop we will look at various websites that specialize in crowd funding, the importance of structuring a well thought out campaign and the impact of new laws on crowd funding. Finally, we will focus on key factors to build and maintain a crowd funding audience.
Akua Boyenne, Esq. is a Los Angeles-based entertainment attorney specializing in motion picture and television transactions. Her clients include award-winning and aspiring writers, directors, actors, producers and production companies that work in both the studio and independent systems. Akua, and her staff of legal professionals, also specialize in additional entertainment related areas of law including: corporate formation, trademark registration, copyright filing, music and finance transactions.
Contact Akua at 310.858.5538 or Akua@BoyenneLaw.com or by clicking here.